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Quick Report on Overproof's "Shake-Down" trip to Mahone Bay
Departed the Bay Landing at 1230hrs in the rain. Did a 45 minute run-in at various rpms on the auxiliary to assess performance. Excellent... 6.5kts at 1900rpm. Cleared the bay under power and once satisfied the diesel was in good shape, proper drip from the packing gland, belts tight, battery charging... set sails and swung to about 180 on to a beam reach to get sea room and clearer winds off shore. We changed heading to 270 at a DDW course aprox 6 nm off the coast You know the winds in drenching rain... sorta comes and goes in waves. the rain was relentless but the vessel was moving smartly. Nonetheless... the crew was geared and the coffee hot. We averaged about 6.7 kts speed in 15kts DDW, wing on wing with a few short broad reaches to shave Peggy's Cove on to East Ironbound. There we met up with a friend's boat "Seaswire" who followed us in to show him the way. We hit better winds behind East Ironbound and got the speed up to about 7.5 to 8 knots. It was about 6 gybes from East Ironbound to the entrance of Mahone Bay proper and a wing on wing entry at 1830hrs to the mooring field. We set to a mooring the first night, Seaswire rafted up to us and we tied into the massive supply of beer and rum stockpiled aboard both vessels. It wasn't long before we were dry & drunk with old friends dropping by to say hello. Seaswire's crew remarked how nice Overproof looked going through the seas ahead of them.... smooth and powerful. That was nice to hear. Saturday was a beautiful day for sailing with winds at 15 kts in the am to 25kts in the afternoon. We set full canvas and headed out at 1200hrs. Once we passed and cleared the other boats we struck out for Big Tancook Island.... sailed-up to the Bluenose II then went to Prince's Inlet past Bachman's and returned to Mahone Bay at about 1800hrs. We pressed Overproof hard on all points to see how the rigging was holding out and to fine tune the tension, etc. The boat performed remarkably well.... The Classic Boat Festival was a great time. Lots of American boats in the bay. Lots of shore activities. Lots of wooden and classic style boats for sale. Many people dropped by to compliment and inquire about Overproof. The schooner races were on, we had deer steak BBQ, the burning of the Teaser on Sat night and I got a Great Tan!! It was a 5 star weekend. I've been onboard since Thursday night and just got back here about 2 hours ago. CM |
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Sounds like fun for all! But that drenching rain sounded "rough!" Good for you, Mooron. Take new pics soon. We were doing our daysailing thing.... http://members.aol.com/bobsprit/images/momwheelweby.jpg RB 35s5 NY |
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Kewl !
Scotty "Capt.Mooron" wrote in message news:0BRBg.158881$I61.155990@clgrps13... Quick Report on Overproof's "Shake-Down" trip to Mahone Bay Departed the Bay Landing at 1230hrs in the rain. Did a 45 minute run-in at various rpms on the auxiliary to assess performance. Excellent... 6.5kts at 1900rpm. Cleared the bay under power and once satisfied the diesel was in good shape, proper drip from the packing gland, belts tight, battery charging... set sails and swung to about 180 on to a beam reach to get sea room and clearer winds off shore. We changed heading to 270 at a DDW course aprox 6 nm off the coast You know the winds in drenching rain... sorta comes and goes in waves. the rain was relentless but the vessel was moving smartly. Nonetheless... the crew was geared and the coffee hot. We averaged about 6.7 kts speed in 15kts DDW, wing on wing with a few short broad reaches to shave Peggy's Cove on to East Ironbound. There we met up with a friend's boat "Seaswire" who followed us in to show him the way. We hit better winds behind East Ironbound and got the speed up to about 7.5 to 8 knots. It was about 6 gybes from East Ironbound to the entrance of Mahone Bay proper and a wing on wing entry at 1830hrs to the mooring field. We set to a mooring the first night, Seaswire rafted up to us and we tied into the massive supply of beer and rum stockpiled aboard both vessels. It wasn't long before we were dry & drunk with old friends dropping by to say hello. Seaswire's crew remarked how nice Overproof looked going through the seas ahead of them.... smooth and powerful. That was nice to hear. Saturday was a beautiful day for sailing with winds at 15 kts in the am to 25kts in the afternoon. We set full canvas and headed out at 1200hrs. Once we passed and cleared the other boats we struck out for Big Tancook Island.... sailed-up to the Bluenose II then went to Prince's Inlet past Bachman's and returned to Mahone Bay at about 1800hrs. We pressed Overproof hard on all points to see how the rigging was holding out and to fine tune the tension, etc. The boat performed remarkably well.... The Classic Boat Festival was a great time. Lots of American boats in the bay. Lots of shore activities. Lots of wooden and classic style boats for sale. Many people dropped by to compliment and inquire about Overproof. The schooner races were on, we had deer steak BBQ, the burning of the Teaser on Sat night and I got a Great Tan!! It was a 5 star weekend. I've been onboard since Thursday night and just got back here about 2 hours ago. CM |
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Kewl ! Good god. What a total vaginal blood fart Scott Vermon is. RB 35s5 NY |
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Capt.Mooron wrote:
Quick Report on Overproof's "Shake-Down" trip to Mahone Bay Departed the Bay Landing at 1230hrs in the rain. Did a 45 minute run-in at various rpms on the auxiliary to assess performance. Excellent... 6.5kts at 1900rpm. Cleared the bay under power and once satisfied the diesel was in good shape, proper drip from the packing gland, belts tight, battery charging... set sails and swung to about 180 on to a beam reach to get sea room and clearer winds off shore. We changed heading to 270 at a DDW course aprox 6 nm off the coast Sounds excellent- glad to hear 'Overproof' is in such good shape. You know the winds in drenching rain... sorta comes and goes in waves. the rain was relentless but the vessel was moving smartly. Nonetheless... the crew was geared and the coffee hot. Surely you tough Arctic types aren't going to complain about a little drizzle? Saturday was a beautiful day for sailing with winds at 15 kts in the am to 25kts in the afternoon. We set full canvas and headed out at 1200hrs. Once we passed and cleared the other boats we struck out for Big Tancook Island.... sailed-up to the Bluenose II then went to Prince's Inlet past Bachman's and returned to Mahone Bay at about 1800hrs. We pressed Overproof hard on all points to see how the rigging was holding out and to fine tune the tension, etc. The boat performed remarkably well.... Did you adjust anything? If you have it all set up right, did you take any measurements? Very useful info. The Classic Boat Festival was a great time. Lots of American boats in the bay. Lots of shore activities. Lots of wooden and classic style boats for sale. Many people dropped by to compliment and inquire about Overproof. The schooner races were on, we had deer steak BBQ, the burning of the Teaser on Sat night and I got a Great Tan!! It was a 5 star weekend. You got a tan in 1 weekend? It sounds like a great time. I saw some pics of the classic boat festival up there but it didn't occur to me look for anybody I knew.... Looking forward to hearing some more sailing adventures! Fresh Breezes- Doug King |
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Looking forward to hearing some more sailing adventures! I bet. Doug's sailing adventures are ended. RB 35s5 NY |
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I had figured out it would be "rough" with the deluge of rain forecast....
but the feel of Overproof surging downwind sure made up for it. A nice dry cabin to relax in after the voyage was also a bonus. CM "Capt. Rob" wrote in message ups.com... Sounds like fun for all! But that drenching rain sounded "rough!" Good for you, Mooron. Take new pics soon. We were doing our daysailing thing.... http://members.aol.com/bobsprit/images/momwheelweby.jpg RB 35s5 NY |
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Oh Yeah.... that ocean surge and those swells with Overproof tracking like
a train downwind.... nuthin' beats that feeling! I didn't realize how much I missed it by not launching last year. Then again I had no time to sail last year. I was amazed on Saturday.... upwind and I was keeping pace with a pair of 36 ft sailboats. Mind you they were reefed in 25 knots of wind and I was flying full canvas. CM "Scotty" wrote in message . .. Kewl ! Scotty "Capt.Mooron" wrote in message news:0BRBg.158881$I61.155990@clgrps13... Quick Report on Overproof's "Shake-Down" trip to Mahone Bay Departed the Bay Landing at 1230hrs in the rain. Did a 45 minute run-in at various rpms on the auxiliary to assess performance. Excellent... 6.5kts at 1900rpm. Cleared the bay under power and once satisfied the diesel was in good shape, proper drip from the packing gland, belts tight, battery charging... set sails and swung to about 180 on to a beam reach to get sea room and clearer winds off shore. We changed heading to 270 at a DDW course aprox 6 nm off the coast You know the winds in drenching rain... sorta comes and goes in waves. the rain was relentless but the vessel was moving smartly. Nonetheless... the crew was geared and the coffee hot. We averaged about 6.7 kts speed in 15kts DDW, wing on wing with a few short broad reaches to shave Peggy's Cove on to East Ironbound. There we met up with a friend's boat "Seaswire" who followed us in to show him the way. We hit better winds behind East Ironbound and got the speed up to about 7.5 to 8 knots. It was about 6 gybes from East Ironbound to the entrance of Mahone Bay proper and a wing on wing entry at 1830hrs to the mooring field. We set to a mooring the first night, Seaswire rafted up to us and we tied into the massive supply of beer and rum stockpiled aboard both vessels. It wasn't long before we were dry & drunk with old friends dropping by to say hello. Seaswire's crew remarked how nice Overproof looked going through the seas ahead of them.... smooth and powerful. That was nice to hear. Saturday was a beautiful day for sailing with winds at 15 kts in the am to 25kts in the afternoon. We set full canvas and headed out at 1200hrs. Once we passed and cleared the other boats we struck out for Big Tancook Island.... sailed-up to the Bluenose II then went to Prince's Inlet past Bachman's and returned to Mahone Bay at about 1800hrs. We pressed Overproof hard on all points to see how the rigging was holding out and to fine tune the tension, etc. The boat performed remarkably well.... The Classic Boat Festival was a great time. Lots of American boats in the bay. Lots of shore activities. Lots of wooden and classic style boats for sale. Many people dropped by to compliment and inquire about Overproof. The schooner races were on, we had deer steak BBQ, the burning of the Teaser on Sat night and I got a Great Tan!! It was a 5 star weekend. I've been onboard since Thursday night and just got back here about 2 hours ago. CM |
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"DSK" wrote in message Sounds excellent- glad to hear 'Overproof' is in such good shape. 3 weeks of knuckle bruising labour to get all systems overhauled. Way more work then I anticipated. Surely you tough Arctic types aren't going to complain about a little drizzle? No problems other than my hands were so pruned up that the cigarette kept going out! :-) Did you adjust anything? If you have it all set up right, did you take any measurements? Very useful info. Yup I keep a baseline of numbers for rigging tension and have a caliper to measure loads on the sheets and halyards. It provides a great indicator of if a particular area is suffering extra loads due to a variety of factors [ ie: sheave lubrication, wear on the sheets/halyards, mast alignment / rake/ shroud & stay tension balanced / etc.] You got a tan in 1 weekend? Yeah!.... what's odd about that? I tan overnight usually.... rarely get "red" for more than 6 hours before it browns up nice. Looking forward to hearing some more sailing adventures! Well I just got seconded to a large project so I only have the weekends and the job is 5 hours away. I'll try and post if I get a bad sailing weekend. (Is there such a thing?? :-) Sure was a blast..... CM |
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Capt.Mooron wrote: I'll try and post if I get a bad sailing weekend. (Is there such a thing?? :-) Sure was a blast..... CM What about the fishing? Joe |
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"Joe" wrote in message What about the fishing? I think they were shy of the rain.... didn't want to get wet and all. :-) We saw no marine life at all on Friday... saw whales and seals on Saturday and Sunday. Didn't fish either of those days though. CM |
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Capt Mooron wrote:
We saw no marine life at all on Friday... saw whales and seals on Saturday and Sunday. Didn't fish either of those days though. What test line do you use for whales? What bait? Do you have to get a special license? DSK |
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"DSK" wrote in message ... Capt Mooron wrote: We saw no marine life at all on Friday... saw whales and seals on Saturday and Sunday. Didn't fish either of those days though. What test line do you use for whales? What bait? Do you have to get a special license? I have a professional hand held Harpoon with 4 metal barrel floats... each with 100' of 1/2" rope and a detachable harpoon head attached. It's part of the gear I have in storage from my commercial fishing days. It was used for marlin etc from the bow of my 30' Cape Islander. I believe it would suit the purpose..... but I'm not a fan of whale meat and refuse to kill anything unless I plan to eat it, use it or in self defence. It is to my knowledge illegal to kill any whale in Canadian waters unless you are Inuit. CM |
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Capt.Mooron wrote: "DSK" wrote in message ... Capt Mooron wrote: We saw no marine life at all on Friday... saw whales and seals on Saturday and Sunday. Didn't fish either of those days though. What test line do you use for whales? What bait? Do you have to get a special license? I have a professional hand held Harpoon with 4 metal barrel floats... each with 100' of 1/2" rope and a detachable harpoon head attached. It's part of the gear I have in storage from my commercial fishing days. It was used for marlin etc from the bow of my 30' Cape Islander. I believe it would suit the purpose..... but I'm not a fan of whale meat and refuse to kill anything unless I plan to eat it, use it or in self defence. It is to my knowledge illegal to kill any whale in Canadian waters unless you are Inuit. CM What! You have no explosive tipped harpoon's like the Japs use...? I thought you clubbed babie seals and put them on a hook squirming to catch killer whales for Sea World Toranto. Or was that Max.... Joe |
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Capt.Mooron wrote: "Joe" wrote in message What! You have no explosive tipped harpoon's like the Japs use...? I thought you clubbed babie seals and put them on a hook squirming to catch killer whales for Sea World Toranto. Or was that Max.... Consider that Inuit [Eskimo] hunted Right Whales from Kayaks with Hand Harpoons and floats made of sealskin. Explosive heads are for Americans. Well I guess not, seein how's all real Eskimo's live in Alaska, and that is the USA bucko. Neither they nor the Japs could hit the broad side of a barn while locked inside. They need the explosive heads.... we don't. No baby seals have been killed for fur here since the ban was imposed 20 years ago. They now kill the mothers for the fur houses in Europe, Japan, China and the USA... Now I've seen you French looking canooks in your bloody baby seal coats, you aint fooling no-one. who despite their protest on the world news ...remain the biggest buyers. Max is just a frustrated Harrowsmith Reading, Tree Hugging, urban Sprout Head who is fed his info from his weekly subscription to PETA. He has no informed opinion of his own. You mean Aero Smith listening, Tree hugging..... Joe CM |
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OK ! Enough already, I'm jelious!
Scotty "Capt.Mooron" wrote in message news:cB3Cg.80630$B91.37628@edtnps82... Oh Yeah.... that ocean surge and those swells with Overproof tracking like a train downwind.... nuthin' beats that feeling! I didn't realize how much I missed it by not launching last year. Then again I had no time to sail last year. I was amazed on Saturday.... upwind and I was keeping pace with a pair of 36 ft sailboats. Mind you they were reefed in 25 knots of wind and I was flying full canvas. CM "Scotty" wrote in message . .. Kewl ! Scotty "Capt.Mooron" wrote in message news:0BRBg.158881$I61.155990@clgrps13... Quick Report on Overproof's "Shake-Down" trip to Mahone Bay Departed the Bay Landing at 1230hrs in the rain. Did a 45 minute run-in at various rpms on the auxiliary to assess performance. Excellent... 6.5kts at 1900rpm. Cleared the bay under power and once satisfied the diesel was in good shape, proper drip from the packing gland, belts tight, battery charging... set sails and swung to about 180 on to a beam reach to get sea room and clearer winds off shore. We changed heading to 270 at a DDW course aprox 6 nm off the coast You know the winds in drenching rain... sorta comes and goes in waves. the rain was relentless but the vessel was moving smartly. Nonetheless... the crew was geared and the coffee hot. We averaged about 6.7 kts speed in 15kts DDW, wing on wing with a few short broad reaches to shave Peggy's Cove on to East Ironbound. There we met up with a friend's boat "Seaswire" who followed us in to show him the way. We hit better winds behind East Ironbound and got the speed up to about 7.5 to 8 knots. It was about 6 gybes from East Ironbound to the entrance of Mahone Bay proper and a wing on wing entry at 1830hrs to the mooring field. We set to a mooring the first night, Seaswire rafted up to us and we tied into the massive supply of beer and rum stockpiled aboard both vessels. It wasn't long before we were dry & drunk with old friends dropping by to say hello. Seaswire's crew remarked how nice Overproof looked going through the seas ahead of them.... smooth and powerful. That was nice to hear. Saturday was a beautiful day for sailing with winds at 15 kts in the am to 25kts in the afternoon. We set full canvas and headed out at 1200hrs. Once we passed and cleared the other boats we struck out for Big Tancook Island.... sailed-up to the Bluenose II then went to Prince's Inlet past Bachman's and returned to Mahone Bay at about 1800hrs. We pressed Overproof hard on all points to see how the rigging was holding out and to fine tune the tension, etc. The boat performed remarkably well.... The Classic Boat Festival was a great time. Lots of American boats in the bay. Lots of shore activities. Lots of wooden and classic style boats for sale. Many people dropped by to compliment and inquire about Overproof. The schooner races were on, we had deer steak BBQ, the burning of the Teaser on Sat night and I got a Great Tan!! It was a 5 star weekend. I've been onboard since Thursday night and just got back here about 2 hours ago. CM |
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"Capt.Mooron" wrote I have a professional hand held Harpoon with 4 metal barrel floats... each with 100' of 1/2" rope and a detachable harpoon head attached. It's part of the gear I have in storage from my commercial fishing days. It was used for marlin etc from the bow of my 30' Cape Islander. I believe it would suit the porpoise..... or Dolphin. SV |
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Sounds excellent- glad to hear 'Overproof' is in such good shape.
Capt.Mooron wrote: 3 weeks of knuckle bruising labour to get all systems overhauled. Way more work then I anticipated. That's always the way. OTOH it is the only way to ensure your vessel is 100% right. Did you adjust anything? If you have it all set up right, did you take any measurements? Very useful info. Yup I keep a baseline of numbers for rigging tension and have a caliper to measure loads on the sheets and halyards. It provides a great indicator of if a particular area is suffering extra loads due to a variety of factors [ ie: sheave lubrication, wear on the sheets/halyards, mast alignment / rake/ shroud & stay tension balanced / etc.] It was primarily rake & tension that I was thinking of. Measuring sheet & halyard tension sounds like a great idea; what about the shrouds? What about measuring the rake? You got a tan in 1 weekend? Yeah!.... what's odd about that? I guess it's the latitude. Down here your skin would peel off in scorched chunks and leave shiny pink scar tissue. Not healthy. Looking forward to hearing some more sailing adventures! Well I just got seconded to a large project so I only have the weekends and the job is 5 hours away. I'll try and post if I get a bad sailing weekend. (Is there such a thing?? :-) Not really. If you're racing, a bad weekend is when you finish poorly and don't have a good excuse. Cruising is much simpler. DSK |
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Nice to see a post from a real sailor. Kudos.
Bart "Capt.Mooron" wrote Quick Report on Overproof's "Shake-Down" trip to Mahone Bay Departed the Bay Landing at 1230hrs in the rain. Did a 45 minute run-in at various rpms on the auxiliary to assess performance. Excellent... 6.5kts at 1900rpm. Cleared the bay under power and once satisfied the diesel was in good shape, proper drip from the packing gland, belts tight, battery charging... set sails and swung to about 180 on to a beam reach to get sea room and clearer winds off shore. We changed heading to 270 at a DDW course aprox 6 nm off the coast You know the winds in drenching rain... sorta comes and goes in waves. the rain was relentless but the vessel was moving smartly. Nonetheless... the crew was geared and the coffee hot. We averaged about 6.7 kts speed in 15kts DDW, wing on wing with a few short broad reaches to shave Peggy's Cove on to East Ironbound. There we met up with a friend's boat "Seaswire" who followed us in to show him the way. We hit better winds behind East Ironbound and got the speed up to about 7.5 to 8 knots. It was about 6 gybes from East Ironbound to the entrance of Mahone Bay proper and a wing on wing entry at 1830hrs to the mooring field. We set to a mooring the first night, Seaswire rafted up to us and we tied into the massive supply of beer and rum stockpiled aboard both vessels. It wasn't long before we were dry & drunk with old friends dropping by to say hello. Seaswire's crew remarked how nice Overproof looked going through the seas ahead of them.... smooth and powerful. That was nice to hear. Saturday was a beautiful day for sailing with winds at 15 kts in the am to 25kts in the afternoon. We set full canvas and headed out at 1200hrs. Once we passed and cleared the other boats we struck out for Big Tancook Island.... sailed-up to the Bluenose II then went to Prince's Inlet past Bachman's and returned to Mahone Bay at about 1800hrs. We pressed Overproof hard on all points to see how the rigging was holding out and to fine tune the tension, etc. The boat performed remarkably well.... The Classic Boat Festival was a great time. Lots of American boats in the bay. Lots of shore activities. Lots of wooden and classic style boats for sale. Many people dropped by to compliment and inquire about Overproof. The schooner races were on, we had deer steak BBQ, the burning of the Teaser on Sat night and I got a Great Tan!! It was a 5 star weekend. I've been onboard since Thursday night and just got back here about 2 hours ago. CM |
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Many years ago I visited in Seattle. It rained every day the first
two weeks. I asked a kid I saw on a bicycle if the sun ever came out. He said, "How would I know, I'm only six!" "DSK" wrote Surely you tough Arctic types aren't going to complain about a little drizzle? |
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With Belgian accents no doubt!
"Joe" wrote Now I've seen you French looking canooks in your bloody baby seal coats, you aint fooling no-one. |
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Hey Bart, welcome back! Watchyabeenupto?
Scotty "Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message ... Nice to see a post from a real sailor. Kudos. Bart "Capt.Mooron" wrote Quick Report on Overproof's "Shake-Down" trip to Mahone Bay Departed the Bay Landing at 1230hrs in the rain. Did a 45 minute run-in at various rpms on the auxiliary to assess performance. Excellent... 6.5kts at 1900rpm. Cleared the bay under power and once satisfied the diesel was in good shape, proper drip from the packing gland, belts tight, battery charging... set sails and swung to about 180 on to a beam reach to get sea room and clearer winds off shore. We changed heading to 270 at a DDW course aprox 6 nm off the coast You know the winds in drenching rain... sorta comes and goes in waves. the rain was relentless but the vessel was moving smartly. Nonetheless... the crew was geared and the coffee hot. We averaged about 6.7 kts speed in 15kts DDW, wing on wing with a few short broad reaches to shave Peggy's Cove on to East Ironbound. There we met up with a friend's boat "Seaswire" who followed us in to show him the way. We hit better winds behind East Ironbound and got the speed up to about 7.5 to 8 knots. It was about 6 gybes from East Ironbound to the entrance of Mahone Bay proper and a wing on wing entry at 1830hrs to the mooring field. We set to a mooring the first night, Seaswire rafted up to us and we tied into the massive supply of beer and rum stockpiled aboard both vessels. It wasn't long before we were dry & drunk with old friends dropping by to say hello. Seaswire's crew remarked how nice Overproof looked going through the seas ahead of them.... smooth and powerful. That was nice to hear. Saturday was a beautiful day for sailing with winds at 15 kts in the am to 25kts in the afternoon. We set full canvas and headed out at 1200hrs. Once we passed and cleared the other boats we struck out for Big Tancook Island.... sailed-up to the Bluenose II then went to Prince's Inlet past Bachman's and returned to Mahone Bay at about 1800hrs. We pressed Overproof hard on all points to see how the rigging was holding out and to fine tune the tension, etc. The boat performed remarkably well.... The Classic Boat Festival was a great time. Lots of American boats in the bay. Lots of shore activities. Lots of wooden and classic style boats for sale. Many people dropped by to compliment and inquire about Overproof. The schooner races were on, we had deer steak BBQ, the burning of the Teaser on Sat night and I got a Great Tan!! It was a 5 star weekend. I've been onboard since Thursday night and just got back here about 2 hours ago. CM |
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Sailing I hope...
-- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com "Scotty" wrote in message . .. Hey Bart, welcome back! Watchyabeenupto? Scotty "Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message ... Nice to see a post from a real sailor. Kudos. Bart "Capt.Mooron" wrote Quick Report on Overproof's "Shake-Down" trip to Mahone Bay Departed the Bay Landing at 1230hrs in the rain. Did a 45 minute run-in at various rpms on the auxiliary to assess performance. Excellent... 6.5kts at 1900rpm. Cleared the bay under power and once satisfied the diesel was in good shape, proper drip from the packing gland, belts tight, battery charging... set sails and swung to about 180 on to a beam reach to get sea room and clearer winds off shore. We changed heading to 270 at a DDW course aprox 6 nm off the coast You know the winds in drenching rain... sorta comes and goes in waves. the rain was relentless but the vessel was moving smartly. Nonetheless... the crew was geared and the coffee hot. We averaged about 6.7 kts speed in 15kts DDW, wing on wing with a few short broad reaches to shave Peggy's Cove on to East Ironbound. There we met up with a friend's boat "Seaswire" who followed us in to show him the way. We hit better winds behind East Ironbound and got the speed up to about 7.5 to 8 knots. It was about 6 gybes from East Ironbound to the entrance of Mahone Bay proper and a wing on wing entry at 1830hrs to the mooring field. We set to a mooring the first night, Seaswire rafted up to us and we tied into the massive supply of beer and rum stockpiled aboard both vessels. It wasn't long before we were dry & drunk with old friends dropping by to say hello. Seaswire's crew remarked how nice Overproof looked going through the seas ahead of them.... smooth and powerful. That was nice to hear. Saturday was a beautiful day for sailing with winds at 15 kts in the am to 25kts in the afternoon. We set full canvas and headed out at 1200hrs. Once we passed and cleared the other boats we struck out for Big Tancook Island.... sailed-up to the Bluenose II then went to Prince's Inlet past Bachman's and returned to Mahone Bay at about 1800hrs. We pressed Overproof hard on all points to see how the rigging was holding out and to fine tune the tension, etc. The boat performed remarkably well.... The Classic Boat Festival was a great time. Lots of American boats in the bay. Lots of shore activities. Lots of wooden and classic style boats for sale. Many people dropped by to compliment and inquire about Overproof. The schooner races were on, we had deer steak BBQ, the burning of the Teaser on Sat night and I got a Great Tan!! It was a 5 star weekend. I've been onboard since Thursday night and just got back here about 2 hours ago. CM |
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"Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message Nice to see a post from a real sailor. Kudos. Thanx Bart It was a great sail..... you just can't beat that ocean surge, foul weather, grey skies.... it's you, the boat and the sea. I've decided to keep Overproof in Mahone Bay for the rest of the season. It's a sweet location. CM |
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"Capt.Mooron" wrote in message news:W_uCg.574$Nz6.460@edtnps82... "Bart Senior" .@. wrote in message Nice to see a post from a real sailor. Kudos. Thanx Bart It was a great sail..... you just can't beat that ocean surge, foul weather, grey skies.... it's you, the boat and the sea. I've decided to keep Overproof in Mahone Bay for the rest of the season. How many days are left? Scotty |
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"Scotty" wrote in message How many days are left? I may not haul out this year...... but I have until Oct31st 2006 to decide on that. In the meantime Overproof is on a secure mooring with water taxi, shoreside showers, pump-out, water, power as needed, picturesque fishing village, great restaurants and bars, fresh veggies, butcher shop, nearby loft and chandlery..... all the stuff one needs. No crime, no break ins no thefts no vandalism, no security needed.... and friends to drop by and spend time aboard. The sailing area is fantastic and I can go out every weekend when I get back from site. I can also haul out and place the boat to a cradle on the town wharf. Total season cost with free water taxi [0800hrs to 2100hrs 7 days a week and free water/power at the dock and free showers with dinghy dock included] $360Can. ....... Beat that! :-) CM |
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"Capt.Mooron" wrote in message news:WaNCg.1831$395.816@edtnps90... "Scotty" wrote in message How many days are left? I may not haul out this year...... but I have until Oct31st 2006 to decide on that. In the meantime Overproof is on a secure mooring with water taxi, shoreside showers, pump-out, water, power as needed, picturesque fishing village, great restaurants and bars, fresh veggies, butcher shop, nearby loft and chandlery..... all the stuff one needs. No crime, no break ins no thefts no vandalism, no security needed.... and friends to drop by and spend time aboard. The sailing area is fantastic and I can go out every weekend when I get back from site. I can also haul out and place the boat to a cradle on the town wharf. Total season cost with free water taxi [0800hrs to 2100hrs 7 days a week and free water/power at the dock and free showers with dinghy dock included] $360Can. ....... Beat that! :-) Sounds almost perfect...if only it were in NC somewhere....perfection! SV |
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Dropped by C.M. on Friday had a bottle of rum on hand. There's always
next week. P.S. Haddock Shoal is full of tinkers now caught a bucket full in about 1/2 an hour using feathers. Dry Scotty wrote: "Capt.Mooron" wrote in message news:WaNCg.1831$395.816@edtnps90... "Scotty" wrote in message How many days are left? I may not haul out this year...... but I have until Oct31st 2006 to decide on that. In the meantime Overproof is on a secure mooring with water taxi, shoreside showers, pump-out, water, power as needed, picturesque fishing village, great restaurants and bars, fresh veggies, butcher shop, nearby loft and chandlery..... all the stuff one needs. No crime, no break ins no thefts no vandalism, no security needed.... and friends to drop by and spend time aboard. The sailing area is fantastic and I can go out every weekend when I get back from site. I can also haul out and place the boat to a cradle on the town wharf. Total season cost with free water taxi [0800hrs to 2100hrs 7 days a week and free water/power at the dock and free showers with dinghy dock included] $360Can. ....... Beat that! :-) Sounds almost perfect...if only it were in NC somewhere....perfection! SV |
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DANG!!! I got caught for a chore and spent Friday night and Saturday
morning building a kennel while waiting for a buddy dropping by with cash he owed me. Got to Overproof on Saturday afternoon and left on Sunday morning. Got my mooring fees paid for.... dropped a case of beer off for the Water Taxi lads. They'll be keeping an eye on Overproof for me. I got some photos of Mahone Bay testing my new digital camera. http://community.webshots.com/user/overproof Just go to the Photo Journal Album.... Too bad we didn't meet up. I had a bottle of Lambs Navy overproof and a flat of beer. Red cans [Keith's Amber] for the port tack and Green Cans [ Keith's India Pale Ale] for the starboard tacks. I'll be back there on either Friday or Saturday next weekend. Later CM "Dry" wrote in message ... Dropped by C.M. on Friday had a bottle of rum on hand. There's always next week. P.S. Haddock Shoal is full of tinkers now caught a bucket full in about 1/2 an hour using feathers. Dry Scotty wrote: "Capt.Mooron" wrote in message news:WaNCg.1831$395.816@edtnps90... "Scotty" wrote in message How many days are left? I may not haul out this year...... but I have until Oct31st 2006 to decide on that. In the meantime Overproof is on a secure mooring with water taxi, shoreside showers, pump-out, water, power as needed, picturesque fishing village, great restaurants and bars, fresh veggies, butcher shop, nearby loft and chandlery..... all the stuff one needs. No crime, no break ins no thefts no vandalism, no security needed.... and friends to drop by and spend time aboard. The sailing area is fantastic and I can go out every weekend when I get back from site. I can also haul out and place the boat to a cradle on the town wharf. Total season cost with free water taxi [0800hrs to 2100hrs 7 days a week and free water/power at the dock and free showers with dinghy dock included] $360Can. ....... Beat that! :-) Sounds almost perfect...if only it were in NC somewhere....perfection! SV |
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"Capt.Mooron" wrote in message news:9XPDg.2257$Ch.340@clgrps13... DANG!!! I got caught for a chore and spent Friday night and Saturday morning building a kennel while waiting for a buddy dropping by with cash he owed me. Got to Overproof on Saturday afternoon and left on Sunday morning. Got my mooring fees paid for.... dropped a case of beer off for the Water Taxi lads. They'll be keeping an eye on Overproof for me. I got some photos of Mahone Bay testing my new digital camera. http://community.webshots.com/user/overproof Just go to the Photo Journal Album.... Great pics. Nice to see a mooring field with mainly sailboats, Mahone Bay looks like a really cool place. John Cairns |
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"John Cairns" wrote in message Great pics. Nice to see a mooring field with mainly sailboats, Mahone Bay looks like a really cool place. Thanks John... Yeah, it's a great place to sail as well. Just outside the bay is a semi sheltered region full of islands [they claim over 300] with open ocean just beyond. It's within a daysail of most attractions like Oak Island [Pirate Treasure], Lunenburg [ World Heritage site & home of the Bluenose II] Chester [Chester Race Week], Peggy's Cove and Halifax as well is a day sail away. The town of Mahone Bay is famous and has been well preserved to reflect it's heritage and architecture. Lots of small shops, great restaurants and excellent bars. Nothing like sippin' your first cuppa-jo with scenery like that to gaze on. If you ever make it down this way... let me know. We can arrange for a sail and a beer. CM |
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"John Cairns" wrote in message Next year. I'll buy the beer. I'll have a bottle of rum on hand! :-) CM |
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"Capt.Mooron" wrote in message news:RURDg.2271$Ch.1403@clgrps13... "John Cairns" wrote in message Next year. I'll buy the beer. I'll have a bottle of rum on hand! :-) CM You da man! John Cairns |
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"Charlie Morgan" wrote in message ... On Sun, 13 Aug 2006 22:40:53 GMT, Dry wrote: Dropped by C.M. on Friday had a bottle of rum on hand. There's always next week. P.S. Haddock Shoal is full of tinkers now caught a bucket full in about 1/2 an hour using feathers. Dry Good to hear that Mooron is dating again! Somebody got their little feelings hurt did they? Don't fret Chucky.... you rank right up there with Ganzy at quality comebacks. 'GirlGirl".... Bwahahahahahahahahahaahahahahaaaaaa..... .......you're such a complete fricken Tool!!!! CM- |
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"Charlie Morgan" wrote in I was just pleased to hear you were dating again Don't sound so anxious. |
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